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Kevin Rudd Jr awaits phone call from 'Big Kev'

Liam CochraneUpdated
Sat 29 Jun 2013, 9:20 AM AEST

A five-year-old Papua New Guinean boy named after Kevin Rudd says he's happy his namesake has become Prime Minister again and is waiting for a phone call from 'Big Kev'. In 2008, then-prime minister, Kevin Rudd, visited a health clinic in PNG's Eastern Highlands just as a baby was born. The parents named the boy in honour of the visiting prime minister and Kevin Rudd Junior has since become a minor celebrity.

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ELIZABETH JACKSON: A five-year-old Papua New Guinean boy named after Kevin Rudd says he's happy his namesake has become Prime Minister again and is waiting for a phone call from "Big Kev".

In 2008, the then prime minister Kevin Rudd visited a health clinic in PNG's (Papua New Guinea) Eastern Highlands just as the baby was born.

The parents named the boy in honour of the visiting prime minister, and Kevin Rudd Junior has become a minor celebrity.

Liam Cochrane reports.

LIAM COCHRANE: It took some time for news of Kevin Rudd's leadership victory in Canberra to reach the remote village of Degi in Papua New Guinea's Eastern Highlands.

But when it did, Kevin Rudd Junior was elated.

(Sound of Kevin Rudd Jnr speaking in Pidgin)

LOVEN FORAPI: Little Kev says he loves him so much and he's so happy that he got the post.